🌿 MindSpace - AI Therapy Assistant and Mood Journal

MindSpace is a calming, intelligent, and supportive AI-powered therapy companion. It integrates journaling, mood tracking (with optional face-based detection), daily tasks, soothing mini-games, and a responsive AI chatbot provided context on real-world therapeutic datasets.

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🧠 Features

🗣️ AI Therapy Chatbot (Gemini + RAG)

• Uses Google's free Gemini API to generate responses.
• Context-aware, powered by Qdrant vector database.
• Personalizes therapy based on:
  • Mood (0–5 scale)
  • Daily journal entries
  • Conversation input

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📓 Mood Journal

• Secure, timestamped entries to track thoughts and feelings.
• Mood scale: 0 (Very Low) to 5 (Very High).
• Supports rich text and emojis.

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🎯 Personalized Daily Tasks

• AI-generated tasks based on current mood + journal.
• Examples:
  • "Take a 10-minute walk"
  • "Write 3 things you’re grateful for"
  • "Try deep breathing for 3 mins"

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🎮 Soothing Games

• Calming, simple games to reduce anxiety and distract the mind.
• Ideas:
  • Bubble Popping
  • Memory Match
  • Breathing Simulator

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😌 Mood Detection (Optional)

• Use OpenCV + camera for face-based mood scoring.
• Works locally and requires user permission.
• Great for validating self-reported mood.

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💡 Architecture Overview

                       <- [Frontend (React)] -> [Node.js Backend]
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                                               [Gemini API (Free)]
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                                         [RAG Engine -> Qdrant + BGE-M3]

🧱 Tech Stack

Component	Technology
Frontend	React (Vite)
Chatbot API	Node.js + Gemini
Vector DB	Qdrant
Embeddings	BGE-M3
Mood Detection	OpenCV
CSV Knowledge Chunks	Python Chunker Script

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🧰 Setup Instructions

1. Install Requirements

npm install
pip install -r requirements.txt  # for chunking script